Tony Cartalucci
Infowars.com
October 1, 2011

Image: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, on his way to seize power in Rome via a military coup and become the republic’s first emperor. America is not immune from suffering a similar prolonged, ignoble death to the extreme, parasitic elitism empire breeds.
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Posing as a venerable American hero, “leading” American troops
through two wars in service to his nation, Petraeus’ ties are in fact to
Wall Street and London corporate financier oligarchs. His membership [3] in the corporate-financier Council on Foreign Relations
[4] is perhaps the most significant conflict of interest in America’s
political landscape today. He has been both commander of America’s
troops and now director of the CIA, all while privately associating with
the unelected policy makers of the CFR, an organization that represents
the collective interests of the largest banks, private institutions,
and corporations on earth. Whether Petraeus is guilty or not of
improprieties amidst this enormous conflict of interest is irrelevant.
The fact that he hasn’t shown the proper judgment to rectify such a
conflict of interest by either resigning from his post, or ending his
CFR associations, should be alarming to all Americans.To add further fears regarding the ambitions and agenda of Petraeus, one must examine those that are gravitating around him and indeed prodding him along.
In 2010, Petraeus gave a speech before the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) [5], another private institution funded by corporations, working on behalf of corporations, essentially producing their own self-serving policy and using their vast connections and resources to have it rubber stamped by Congress and executed by the US Government at the American people’s expense. In his speech, Petraeus would praise Neo-Conservative policy wonk Frederick Kagan who he credited for developing the “surge” strategy in Iraq. (CONTINUE READING)